Anticreeper.



E. LAAS.

ANTICREEPER.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAY I9. I9I6.

-Patente May 29, 191?.

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E. LAAS.

ANUCREEPER. 'APPLICATION FILED MAY 1s. 191e.

LSQQ-Q Patented May 2:9, 71917.

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K lll/VEA? m4/fw Ystresses to wfich suc straf/ras learner erhielt@ EEWARD LAAS, OF CHCAGG, ILLNOIS, SSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSGNMENTS, T0 OTTO R.

BARNETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Application filed May 19, i916. Serial No. 98,4%.

.Eb all whom t may concern.

Be it known'that l, EDWARD LAAS, a citi- 'lL-.n of the United States, residing at Chicagp, -in the county of Cook and State of lllilois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in' Lrnticreepers,lof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an anti-Creeper, that is, to a device 'to check the Vtendency of railroad V:rails to creep longitudinally; and. the principal object of the invention is to preferably a oneliable holden the rail,whicl 1 will be strong enough to withstand the very considerable .when the rail.y sta. es to'creep and which, furthermore, will be .light in weight, inexpen-` sive to manufacture and can be conveniently applied to the rail, and which lmay be removed therefrom if occasion require it. lbreferably also my device when on the .rail .vill have a grip thereon at all times, tending to increase under creeping strain. l

Among the advantages of a one-piece anti- Creeper' are cheapness of manufacture, convemence 1n handling,

and impossibility .of erroneous assembling of parts. However, diiiculties have been experienced in constructing a one-piece device which willmaintain 'its hold on 'the 'rail as against various ydisturbing inuences towhich an anti-creep- `ng device is necessarily subjected and especially when the deviceis not under creeping pressure. Among there influences are the vibration of the rail, Vits tendency to contract so as to vdraw the device out of contact with thetie which it abuts, the differences in expansion' and. contraction' as between the rail and the anchorwhieh occur because of temperature changes, andthe tendency of the rail to re-act after being relieved from the forward or creeping stresses. ,There is also the likelihood of the position of the device on the rail' being disturbed either accidentally or otherwise by persons working on the roadbed. My present invention provides an anti-creeping device capable of construction in one-piece, but not necessarily so, an so constructed that when once applied to the rail there is little or no chance of its hold thereon being loosened from any of the above causes. l

Lightness in fr consideration l leht is also an/ important device of this sort since n a device issubjected Vpreferably steel, which is 16 i7 suiface of the base iange, are bent forwardly rail anchors are used in such large numbers and are transported over such considerable distances so that cost of material and freight rates forman important factor in the price paid by the railroads.

My invention consists in certain novel arrangements and constructions, to be hereinafter described `and claimed, whereby the above stated'objects, and such other objects as will hereafter appear, are obtained.

My invention is illustrated, in certain preferred embodiments, in the 'accompanying drawings whereinf Figure l is a plan view of an anti-Creeper constructed in accordance with the invention shown as applied to a rail. y

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device showing the rail in section. l

Fig. 3 is a sectional view von line 3 3 of Fig; 2.

Fig. 4 is a view, in perspective, ofthe rail anchor 'shown in the preceding ligures.

Fig. l51's a view, similar to Fig. 2, illus- Y trating a modication.V

Fig. 6 is a view, in perspective, of the modified form of device.

Fig; 7 is a plan view illustrating another modification.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the same, and

Fig. 9. is a sectional view on line 9-'9 of Fig.\8.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A represents, `a railroad rail and B one of the cross ties on which the rail is laid.

Having reference particularly to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the anti-Creeper shown in these igures consists of a bar 10 of metal arranged edgewise of the rail and is formed at opposite ends with means forengaging the edges of the base flange of therail. When the device is made in one-piece, as shown in these figures, one end of the bar l() is bent around, as indicated at 1l, to form a tiel abutting member l2, the extremity 13 of which bears against or comes very close to the body portion of d bar l0. The lient portion of the device is.

notched at'li,

I l5 to receive one side of the base flange of the rail. Preferably the lugs which hear upon the upper inclined as shown, so that when 'the and backwardly angularly with respect to device is moved Cit with. aplocking tongue notched for engagement with the rail base extending backwardly away from the tie which, when the device is in place, bears with spring action against the rail,

A one-piece anti-Creeper provided at one end with a pair of spaced rail engaging jaws and at the other with a flexible locking tongue which, when the device is in place, bears with sgring action against the rail.

4f. A one-piece anti-Creeper provided with a tie abutting part and at one end witha pair of spaced rail engaging jaws,'and at the other with a locking tongue extending backwardly away from the tie which, when the device is in place, bears with spring action against the rail.

A one-piece anti-Creeper provided with a tie abutting part and at one end with a pair of spaced rail. engaging aws and at the other with a locking tongue notched for engagement with the rail base extending backwardly away from the tie which, when the device is in place7 bears with spring actiongainst the rail.

6. one-piece anti-Creeper, a portion of which is flexible and is strained by application of the device to a rail, one end of said device being bent to form a tie abutting part with its extremity bent back to stand close to the body of the device.

7. A one-piece anti-Creeper, a portion of which isilexible and is strained by application of the device to a rail, said device beingforined at one end with two spaced lugs bearing against the upper face of the rail base.

8. A one-piece anti-Creeper, a portion of which is flexible and is strained by application of the device to a rail, said device being formed at one end with two spaced lugs bearing against the upper face of the rail base, and one of said lugs being oblique to the rail.

9. A one-piece anti-Creeper, a portion of which is flexible and is strained by application of the device to a. rail, said device being formed at one end with a tie abutting part and with a diagonally disposed lug bearing on the upper surface of the rail base, and at the other with an edge bearing against the edge of the rail base and with a rearwardly projecting part notched forv bearing on the' upper surface of the rail base7 andat the other with anedge bearing against the edge of the rail base and with a rearwmdly projecting part notched for fengag'ementfwith the railbase, one end of thedevice'being provided with an additional member which bears against the upper surface of the rail base, for the purpose described.

l1. A one-piece anti-Creeper, a portion of which is iiexible and is strained b'y application of the device to a rail, one end of said device being bent over to form a tie abutting member and notched to provide two spaced rail base engaging jaws, the other end of the device being formed with an edge adapted to bear against the edge of the rail base, and a rearwardly projecting notched locking tongue.

12. An anti-Creeper consisting of a flat strip of metal arranged edgewise of the rail with an enlargement at each end, the en-v largement at one end. being bent over to form a tie abutting member and notched to provide rail engaging means, the enlargement at the other end being bent in the opposite direction and formed to engage the edge of the rail base at two points lengthwise of the same.

18. An anti-Creeper consisting. of a iiat strip of metal arranged edgewise of the rail base and formed with an enlargement lat each end, the enlargement at one end being bent over with its extremity close to the body of the device to rovide a tie abutting member and vbeing ormed .with tWo obliquely disposed lugs adapted to bear against the upper surface of the rail base, the enlargement at the other end of the device being bent in the opposite direction and formed to provide an edge adapted to bear against the edge of the rail base, and a notched locking tongue to engage the rail 'base at a point more remote from the tie than '-the point against which said edge bears.

ift. An anti-Creeper consisting of a fiat strip of metal arranged edgewise of the rail base and formed with an enlargement ateach end7 the enlargement at one end being bent over with its extremity close to the body of the device to provide a tie abutting member and being formed with 'two obliquely disposed lugs adapted to bear against the upper surface of the rail base, the enlargement at the other end of the-device being bent in the opposite direction and notched locking tongue to engage the .rail

base at a point more remote from the tie than the point vagainst which said edge bears, the end of the device provided With said tongue being formed also with a member extending around and bearing upon the top of the base flange of the rail.

15. An anti-Creeper consisting of a flat strip of metal arranged edgewise of the rail base, adapted to be strained when applied to the rail, and formed .with ari-enlargenient at each end, the-enlargement at one formed to provide an edge adapted to bear end beingbent over with its extremity close to the body of the device to provide e tie abutting member and being forined with two obliquely disposed lugs adapted to beer against the upper surface ofthe rail bese, the enlargement at the other end of the device being bent in the opposite direction and formed to provide an edge adapted to bear against the edge of the rail bes, and a notched locking tongue to engage the rail buse at a point more remote from the tie thun lthe point against Vwhich said edge bears, the endof the device provided with seid tongue being formed also with a member extending around and bearing upon the top of the bese iienge of the rail.

16. A one-pieee anti-creeper consisting of a ber of steel, lone extremity of which is 'merece bent over in the direction toward the tic to `forni :t bearing for the device against the tie, the other end being bent in the opposite direction to provide uv spring locking hook the extremity of which is notched end engages thev rail ase et a point more remote from the tie than the body portion of the bei'.

17.' A onepiecefenti-ereeper consisting of n, bar osteel, one extremity of which is bent over in the direction towurd the tie and -iS- notched to fornihvo tie engaging jaws, the other end heilig bent in the opposite direction und notched :it its extremity to form zt sprin "locking vhook adapted to engage the base 1ilztnge of the ruil.

EDWARD LAAS. 

